Alejandra Oliva is an essayist, embroiderer and translator. Her book, "Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith and Migration," received a Whiting Nonfiction Grant. She was the Yale Whitney Humanities Center Franke Visiting Fellow in Spring 2022. Her writing appears in outlets including The New York Times, Christian Century and Commonweal.
Awards: Whiting NonFiction Grant
Communities: LGBTQ+, Hispanic or Latinx